Nicholas Kathmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last I heard, the dual-cores offer a 1.4x - 1.8x performance upgrade > over a single processor. You don't get full 2x like you would with both > processors, but they use a lot less power and generate less heat.
You're unlikely to typically see 2x with two separate processors either, as you still have contention for memory and disk, and a plethora of applications can only use one CPU at a time. I've been told that recent AMD dual-core CPUs have a better memory architecture, and therefore suffer less memory contention. Consequently, some applications will peform better on dual-core AMD CPUs. On other other hand, the most recent Intel CPUs have better floating point performance, so if your applications are doing a lot of floating-point number crunching, then Intel CPUs might perform better. |>oug _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
